hello all,
The boat is put away and warmed up it is still rough from two days ago but it is supposed to mellow out tonight and I feel the need to move on. There are mixed reports on the tuna but im definatly going to have the line out the whole time. Apparently one has to wait till the water turns color, and there is a temperature spike. I have never used the water thremometer very much but now it will come into play. Its 11:00 am thursday.
Eric
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good morning,
It is the morning of the 14th. I am hoping to get out of here today but I want to give the sea some more time to mellow out after the storm. There is a bouy right outside the bay which I can access on wunderground.com and in the last several hours the wave hight has gon from 11 ft to 9 ft. Since I am going to be motoring and sailing into it I think I will let it calm down a little more. Im going to grab a shower and maybe go to the store one more time so Ill have a look. Last night the harbor entrance was pretty much closed out with big breaking waves.
Eric
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10/14/2009, half moon bay
Hello all,
I woke up this morning and it was gnarly. I had gone into the marina and was tied up really well in anticipation of this wind and I was glad I was. It was not insane but it was really windy. I poked my head out for a few seconds and saw 45 kts sustained with some big puffs. lots of people came in but the people who stayed out (in the harbor) survived. I talked to a couple on a catalina who said they saw 70 kts at about 1300 hrs. That might be an over zealous estimate but it was definatly the most breeze ive seen the entire trip and I was glad to be at the dock for it. I am planning on leaving tomorrow for san diego so there might not be blog posts for a few days. I feel like the weather is begining to turn and Im ready to go south.
Eric
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Hello all,
Im still here in half moon bay. I would like to go south but there is a storm coming. There are several forcasts that all say its going to rain a lot and give winds between gale and hurricane force. It will get here tomorrow afternoon and night. SOme people left today to go south but Im going to wait till it passes and probably be at the dock for it. Possibly too conservative but I am really looking forward to using my space heater and shop vac. And I would rather be too careful than get rocked.
Eric
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Eric
Here is typhoon Melor which could effect the california storm.
Eric
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Hello all,
This reminds me of starwars. The ion cannon perhaps minus the ice. There are tons of seals here. There is definatly lots of fish in the harbor because the seals and the pelicans are after them 24 hours a day. The pelicans make the biggest splash. They are big birds and divebomb from very high up. They can see when it is really dark too so there is a lot of noise at night. I read when I was running that the bay is polluted and people shouldnt swim in it. Bummer.
Eric
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PS The Huskies won, and exciting game.
Hello all,
Well it had been since Berkley (one week) since the last shower. I had been doing allright with the baby wipes, but after running today it was time. I had anticipated this and filled up the solar shower with a couple of gallons of water before I went running. It worked out pretty good. I put it up on the sea hood which gets quite hot in the sun and this afternoon turned out to be a lot sunnier than the last couple of days. I hooked it up in the cockpit and it was by no means warm, but it wasnt that bad. I had a famly of five row by and wave as well as a learn to sail boat from Half Moon Bay YC. They figured out fairly quickly why I was sitting in the very bottom of the cockpit and probably had a laugh. It feels good to be clean
Eric
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Hello all,
today i decided to work on my fitness. The only real work out I got in San fransisco was walking all over town, and I have not ran since I got here. I was out of gas so I rowed into town and started off towards the point where there is a park and one can see mavricks. I ended up on a fairly long stretch of beach and couldnt help but crack a smile as I ran down the strip of wet sand at the tide line. I have found that I am going to have to get serious about maintaining the fitness because you loose it really fast, especially the running fitness when you are not running. I think I will stay here through next week because there is a storm coming and it is forcast to blow 30-40 kts out of the south monday night. It will be a test for the groundtackle but I look forward to building confidance in it. (famous last words)
Eric
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10/06/2009, half moon bay
Here is where I am. Half moon bay. I really like it and the sailors here are very cool and hospitable.
Eric
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Georgia
Eric
10/06/2009, half moon bay
Here in half moon bay. I met up with Kevin and KT and they showed me around town. Im on the hook, I have the dinghy in the water and all is well. This is Kevin's Cape Dory 28. I would have liked to bring a fish for them but I had the line out all the way from SF and no bites.
Eric
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10/06/2009, leaving
Hello all,
Im in half moon bay. Right down the way from san fransisco. this poor boat, (bottom left) had a bad day yesterday under the golden gate bridge. I had a blast in SF and thank you very much to all my friends and family and the St francis yacht club for their hospitality.
Eric
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We missed you at the Antique today. Eric Hautala along with much of the regular crew were there. I plan to follow you in your adventure. Good luck and smooth sailing.
Dave
here is me and jacob.
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here is gretchen and her friends.
eric
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10/04/2009, California Academy of Sciences
... also on the roof were hundreds and hundreds of solar pannels. The building supplied 20% of its power from them according to Joe. The coolest thing by far was a giant "rainforest" terrerium that was a glass sphere sealed really well and had birds and butterflys in it. One entered and exited through "airlocks" to make sure no butterflys got out. at the bottom of the multi level terrerium was a big pond with lots of amazonian fish in it. it had a glas tunnel going right through it and you looked up through it throuth the terrarium to the skylights. Those are real fish in the shot
Eric
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10/04/2009, California Academy of Sciences
Here is another pic of the roof.
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10/04/2009, Golden Gate Park
Hello all,
Today was pretty busy. It started with a knock on my boat this morning. I answered in my underwear and it was none other than Gretchin Kaiser whom I have done some thistle sailing with along with her partner Frank. Her brothers j105 was parked next to mine which she is racing tomorrow. (all girls) We agreed to meet later. Then my cousin Heather and her husband joe came over. We walked from the boat (st francis YC) to Golden Gate park which tirned out to be deep with a huge set of stairs at the beginning. We went to the California Academy of sciences which turned out to be awesome. It had a living roof with humps that had skylights on them....
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10/03/2009, colvos pass
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